This article is the concluding chapter of the multi-disciplinary book on Imperative Inheritance Law in which several scholars have analyzed the issue from five different perspectives: anthropology of law, history of law, sociology of law, law and economics and comparative law. All five...

Interview with Netto De Tijd: In this interview I argue that Belgian inheritance law is outdated. A substantial reform is needed, not the small ad hoc changes that some politicians are envisaging. Forced heirship rules should be abolished. A distinction should be made between family property...

In this interview I comment, together with philosopher Koen Raes, on the social inequality that may arise because of the existing rules of inheritance law. I argue that the blood relationship is too strong to abolish this as a basic principle for inheritance law. However this is only valid for...